I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that was meant to bring diversity to the campus. Two of the students that were part of that program were Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr., both members of the Black Panther Party's Southern California Chapter.

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.

I think I really benefited from going to college.

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.